Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable

Back in 1993, the Knight-Ridder newspaper chain began investigating piracy of Dave Barry’s popular column, which was published by theMiami Heraldand syndicated widely. In the course of tracking down the sources of unlicensed distribution, they found many things, including the copying of his column t...

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Published inThe Best Technology Writing 2010 p. 95
Main Author Dibbell, Julian
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Yale University Press 21.09.2010
Subjects
Applied sciences
Business
Communication systems
Communications
Communications technology
Computer engineering
Computer science
Computer software
Digital communication systems
Industrial sectors
Industry
Internet
Journalism
Knowledge industries
Manufacturing industries
Mass communication
Mass media
News media
Printing equipment
Printing industry
Printing presses
Publishing industry
Social sciences
Technology
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Summary:Back in 1993, the Knight-Ridder newspaper chain began investigating piracy of Dave Barry’s popular column, which was published by theMiami Heraldand syndicated widely. In the course of tracking down the sources of unlicensed distribution, they found many things, including the copying of his column to alt.fan.dave_barry on usenet; a 2000-person strong mailing list also reading pirated versions; and a teenager in the Midwest who was doing some of the copying himself, because he loved Barry’s work so much he wanted everybody to be able to read it. One of the people I was hanging around with online back
ISBN:9780300165586
0300165587